Description
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Alba’ or Lavender ‘Alba’ or ‘White’ English Lavender, is a bushy, compact, evergreen shrub prized for its fragrant pure white flower spikes with a soft silver-green calyx, soft, silvery-grey foliage, and wildlife-friendly appeal. Perfect for cottage gardens, sensory borders, and low-input landscapes.
Key Features:
Propagation method: Vegetative soft-wood cuttings.
Substrate: Jiffy peat-free propagation Mix.
Plug Size: 4.5cm.
Production system: Grown without artificial light or heating for hardened plants.
Flowers: Pure white flower spikes with a soft silver-green calyx, offering a striking contrast to traditional purple varieties.
Foliage: Soft, Silvery-Grey leaves.
Flowering period: Typically blooms from late June to early August, with potential for a light second flush in autumn.
Height: Up-to 50cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 50cm at maturity.
Hardiness: Hardy in most UK regions.
Pollinator value: Highly attractive to bees and beneficial insects.
Sensory value: Ideal for SEND gardens and therapeutic planting schemes.
Ecological impact: Grown in peat-free substrate with no artificial inputs, pollinator and wildlife-friendly.
Awards: Included in RHS lists of pollinator-friendly plants; selected for ecological value.
Planting & Care:
Prefers full sun and well-drained, slightly alkaline soils.
Drought-tolerant once established.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Ideal for containers, borders, gravel gardens, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Alba’ are supplied as strong, well-rooted, hardy plug plants ready for potting into pots up-to 2lt formats.
Ideal for nursery, and wholesale formats and performs well in peat-free and organic programs.
Suitable for wildlife-friendly, sensory, and sustainable product ranges.
Plant Profile from Royal Horticultural Society:
Lavandula plants are not subject to VAT.
